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VOL. LXVI
Prospective
High School
Graduates
Two Hundred Fourteen
In The Wine Cecil
County Highs
Superintendent H. E. Mcßride of
Cecil County public schools, has an
nounced the prospective graduates
for the several high schools next
month numbers 214,
They are as follows:
Calvert High School: Academic
Course: Dorothy Jean Crawford,
Mkry Mamin Crothers, Norma Hue
Fell. General Course: Andrew Ellis
Barber, Richard Irvine Montgomery,
Ralph England Reisler, Rosa Deel
Boyd, Winifred Ella Demond, Jean
Eleanor England, Pauline Ann Eng
land, Margaret Ruth Ewing, Jean
Kirk Felty, Evelyn Ducille Finger,
Evelyn Pauline Marshall, Ada Vir
ginia Webb.
Rising Sun High School: Academ
ic Course: John Jones Buick, Charles
Wesley Hartsoe, Ralph Alvin McDon
ald, James Robert Waddell, Rhoda
Estelle Carter, Nancy Irene Lieske.
General Course: Ira Jesse Brautner,
Lawrence Wayne Burkins, David
Preston Farmer, Albert Paul Foard,
Paige Arnold Harrington, Louis Lee
Graybeal, Horace Earl Reynolds,
Harry Leonard Wallen, Clara Anna
Alexander, Dorothy Virginia Barker,
Marie Kimble Flabbi, Jean Louise
Ilowery, Nina Ruth Jones, Margaret
Elizabeth Lynch, Chrysteen Beulah
McGlothlin, Gaynell McGlotlilin,
Lillian May Morris, Mary Jane Mor
ris, Earla Dorothy Rakes, Nadine
Marie Rierson, Evelyn Juanita
Smith, Anna Lee Starkey, Mary Jane
S'juiart, Irene Jane Sumner, Margar
et Tabitha Thompson, Ruth Ann
Vandyke.
North East High School: Academic
Course: Ricahrd Lloyd Page, Jean
Harris Abrams, Cecilia Edna Cooper,
Jacqueline Marie Demond, Mary Ann
Dean, Aileen Cecilia Fiunell, Eliuor
Lynch, Margaret Wilson. General
Course: Richard .Clinton Benjamin,
George Henry Laird, Thomas Frank
lin Lawrence, Aubuirn Burton Lock
ard, Jack Kibler Page, Marshall
Lloyd Pawner, Philip Otis Sapp, Betty
Lee Cameron, Frances Melba Crouch,
Carolyn Ann Janes, Caroine Ann Mc-
Kenney, Charlotte Louise Reynolds,
Helen Myrtle Ward, Elsie Jean Wat
son, Ella Mae Williams. Commercial
Course: Charles Stewart Demond,
John Earl Gonce, Richard Walmsley
Jcakson, Jr., Clifford Eugene Lynch,
Harry Clymer Russell, Doris Irene
Craig, Evelyn Johnstan Dean, Vivian
Anne Edmanson, Kathryn Marie
Gamble, Betty Mae Gooduow, Edith
Edwina Harvey, Frances Rebecca
Johnson, Pauline Isabel McWilliams,
Betty Joy Taylor, Joyce Ramona
Taylor.
Kenmore High School: Academic
Course: Kathryn Doris Scarborough.
General Course: Keorge Rankin
Scott, Jean Elizabeth Bacchus, Mir
iam Elizabeth Moore, Mary Elizabeth
Hall, Grace Malinda Grant, Pauline
Lorraine Spence.
Elkton High School: Academic
Course: Theodore Holliday Bo u -
chelle, Miller Irvin Jensen, John Fer
itig Kinter 111, George Edward Moli
tor, Raymond Edward Parrett, John
B. Truitt, Joyce Melvin Bollinger,
Marjorie Ann Bryson, Millie eli t
Marie Hillyard, Nancy Ann Hobart,
Virginia Lee Lytle, Elizabeth Mit
chell Robinson, Jane Ellen Sprenkle.
General Course: Glenn Hampton Ar
rants, Jr., John Micchael Bello, John
Earl Brown, Lincoln Leeßoy Call,
Richard Glenn Carrico, Floyd Rivers
Gray, Fred Wilson Hill* Wallace H.
Jones, Herbert Newton Luisby, John
William McKeown, James Franklin
Murphy, Ada Lee Adkins, Irma Mae
Carroll, Frances Gertrude Ferrick,
Margaret Biddel King, Betty Jane
Mclntire, Esther Roberta Perkins,
Henrietta Marie Peterson, Helen
Borland Racine, Willa Bonnie Roark,
Edith Lillian Scott, Sarah Irene
Skinner, Irene Fay Terhune, Ruth
Marie Traurig, Vivian Lorraine
Zerbe. Commercial Course: John H.
Toler; Evelyn Vera Bailey, Doris
Mae Booth, Daphne Gaye Brooks,
Edith C. Chidester, Gene Arabella
Geibert, Mable Minnie Edwards, Hel
en Mary Emerle, Marietta Barbara
Garrett, Marian Louise Gregson,
Betty Maire Heath, Lois Dale Jami
son, Ruth Marie Jamison, Lillian
Elaine Juargens, Hazel Oleta Kelly,
Mary Bell Knox, Hazel Jean Lewis,
Beverly Grace Miller, Elizabeth Cath
erine O’Leary, Betty Jean Palmer,
Margaret Aarona Paris, Margaret
Jane Pryor, Glenna Marie Pugh,
Mary Ann Reynolds, Nellie Leona
Ross, Harriet Istella Simpson, Alice
Jane Stoops, Mary Elizabeth Wal
ters, Elizabeth Louise Webb, Doris
Naemi Whalen.
Perryville High School: Academic
Course: Ruth Toinette Baldwin,
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On last Pag*
RISING SUN, CECIL COUNTY, MD.. FRIDAY. MAY IS, 1945
INDUCTED
INTO U. S.
SERVICE
The following men were inducted
recently into the Land or Naval for
ces of the U. S.:
James M. Russell, North East,
Navy; George E. Brown, Elkton,
Army; Franklin S. Bryan, Elklou,
Marine Corps; Clarence E. Ward,
Litton, Army; Bertram C. Ward, Jr.,
Elkton, Army; Vincent F. McMahon,
Elkton, Marine Corps; Donald B.
vVhitaker, Perryville, Army; Maurice
jones, Elkton, Army; Joseph V. Wil
liams, Newark, Del., Army; Amos A.
cockard, North East, Army; John li.
Dixon, Elkton, Army; Albert Varady,
Newark, Del., Army; Howard W.
Riggins, Chesapeake City, Army;
vVilliam J. Keech, Wilmington, Dei.,
Army; Janies E. Sheets, Conowingo,
Army; Ralpji E. Armour, North East,
Army; James T. Stinson, Elkton,
Army; William E. Racavieh, Charles
.owu, Army; Albert F. Taylor, Elk
,on, Army; Harry N. Lockwood,
Earleville, Army; Otis Franklin
Eavers, Chesapeake City, Army; El
pier O. Deaver, Elk Mills, Army;
Clyde Wilson Poore, Elkton, Army;
Michael ilociak, Perryville, Army;
.Salvador Cespedes, Elkton, Army;
Mark Eugene Manlove, Jr., Mt. Plea
sant, Del., Army; Willard William
McKenney, Jr., North East, Army;
.Villiain Dale Testermau, Elkton, Ar
my; Moutville Ferguson, Elkton, Ar
my; David John Kiebler, Elkton,
Army. I
Colored: Moses Simmons, Elkton,
Army; Horace Augustus Stewart,
rort Deposit, Army; Charles Jerome
i reston, Edgewood, Navy.
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North East Votes
For Water And
Sewer Systems
North East, which sometime ago
elected John Smith, a business man,
as mayor, in one of the biggest sur
prise upsets in the town's election
History, has again reversed itself.
The Chamber of Commerce got be
hind the bond issue, asked for waiter
and sewerage in the election on May
7, and put it over with a vote of 342
to 71, in contrast to a defeat it suf
tered a few years ago.
A total of 413 voters
in the election which compares with
the vote that turns ouit for presiden
tial elections. i
The amount of bonds the (town
commissioners will issue for tile new
improvements has not been announ
ced.
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Elkton Banking
And Trust Company
At the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Elkton Banking
and Trust Company, Tuesday, May 8,
the following directors were elected
tor the ensuing year: RobenL J. Mc-
Cauley, Dr. S. C. Sykes, William T.
V insinger, Robert C. Mackey, Edwin
Dorcus, Lambert Davis, Harry W.
Pippin, John E. Gonce and G. A. Al
tenaer. The board elected Edwin Dor
uua president. Other officers elected
are: vice-president, Dr. Sykes; vice
president and treasurer, C. Albert
Ringgold; secretary, Jesse H. Lewis;
assistant secretary and treasurer, K.
Z. Newcomer; counsel, William J.
B rati ton.
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Elementary School
Field Day
The Rising Sun Elementary School
will hold a Field Day on Friday, May
ißth. The athletic contests will begin
at 10:3U a. m., continuing through
out the day.. The sciiool extends to
its parents and friends an invitation
to attend.
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Peninsula Confer
ence In Session
The sixth session of the Peninsula
Anuual Conference opened in St.
Paul’s Church, Wilmington, Wednes
day, May 16. Rev. Essell Parks
Thomas, conference host. This is the
77 th session of an annual conference
functioning within 'the bounds of this
peninsula.
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Body Of Drowned
Boy Recovered
The body of Vendal Miller, aged
12 years, who was drowned in the
Susquehanna River off Port Deposit,
on May 2, was recovered at Havre
de Grace o nSunday. The lad was in
a small boat with his brother-in-iaw,
J. Willis Tatledge, setting fishing
nets, when the boan upset, both oc
cupants being thrown into the-water.
Joe Du,ke went to their rescue and
succeeded in saving the man, but the
boy was swept down uhe river by the
swift water and drowned. He was
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Granville
Miller at Port Deposit.
Maryland
Leads In Gifts
2 Preliminary reports show that
3,992 communities of the United
i States have contributed 91,398,846
- pounds of clothing and bedding for
relief of peoples in war-devastated
, areas, Henry J. Kaiser, chairman of
, the United National Clothing Collec
, tion, has announced.
, Michigan led the states in total
, contributions, with 9,3 54, 86 6
, pounds. Maryland had tne highest av
. erage individual gifts, 3.58 pounds
3 per person.
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' Family Loses Home,
And Possessions
The tenant house on the Frank
, Goss farm., near Goshen Mill, Fulton
, Township, Pa., together with its
, contents, was burned Wednesday
, uigh't of last week. The house was oc
cupied by Walter Jones and family.
The cries of an infant awakened
, the parents, who succeeded in getting
i their four small children out of the
- house safely.
The parents took their children to
; the Goss home and summoned the
; Quarryville Fire Co. No clothing or
; comlents of the house couild be saved,
- Mr. Jonss not even getting a pair of
i shoes.
; The fire started in the kitchen in
. the one-story stone annex and spread
. to the original structure, which is
known as the Indian House, due to
its type of defense construction.
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’ Petitioning For
Vote On Sun
day Movies
Advocates of Sunday movies for
Elkton, temporarily thwarted by the
Mayor and City Council which heed
j ed the pleas of churchmen to keep
the referendum off 'the May ballot,
1 are circulating petitions for signa
’ tures which would override the ac
tion of the “city fathers.”
1 The petitions come as the culmina
tion of a fight between itwo groups
which started when the General As
sembly unexpectedly passed the en
' abling measure for Sunday movies
; for the county. The measure permits
incorporated towns in the county to
vule on the proposal. The Elkton
■ municipal electiou will be held Mon
-1 day, May 28.
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: Ban On Racing Lifted
The ban on racing has been lifted,
it was announced last week by War
Stabilizer Fred M. Vinson. Pimlico
opens its spring meet on Wednesday
of this week, sponsored by the Pim
lico, Havre de Grace, Bowie and
, Laurel tracks.
Delaware Park will run. its tradi
> tional racing dates, from May 29 to
; July 4, but will close down on June
i 9 as a ccountesy to Pimlico for the
l Preakness.
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Founder’s Day Observed
Founder’s Day ait Jacob Tome In
' titute, Port Deposit, was observed
' Friday morning, May 4, at Washing
-1 ton Hall. The guest speaker was
' Floyd J. Kintner, Esq., of Elkton
- Bar who is attorney and a member
of the Institute Board of Directors.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL MENTION
Mrs. Lloyd Wyker delightfully en
tertained thirty ladies to a shower
and tea at her home in Calvert on
Saturday afternoon in honor of her
niece, Sara England, whose marriage
to Captain Olin Grubb, of Zion, will
take place in the near future.
i Mr. and Mrs. John L. Tosh enter
tained Wednesday in honor of Miss
Martha Tosh, who will leave Kising
Sun Tuesday, to take up her work as
an Army Nurse.
Miss Lois Ingram, Wilmington,
[ Del., was a week-end guest at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kin
‘ caid, near Calvert.
Cpl. Caleb Kirk Brokaw and wife
’ are visiting the home folks, Mrs.
1 Louise Brokaw and Mr. and Mrs.
! John Hindman.
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Circle No. 4, W. S. C. S., Mrs.
John Hindman leader, will meet Fri
day evening with Mrs. Clinton Lo
gan.
Ross B Cameron, of Interlaken,
l New Jersey, was a week-end visitor
i at his former home in Rising Sun.
s Mrs. Charles Reisler, Calvert, Md.,
i spent several days last week with
, Miss Elizabeth Stephens.
Miss Ruby Graybeal, Wilmington,
. Del., was the week-end guest of Mr.
1 and Mrs. Glenn Graybeal.
3 Mr. and Mrs. Basil Reynolds,
i Drexel Hill, Pa., were week-end
3 guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Law
rence end 'Mrs. Ella Reynolds.
Shoe Stamp
Valid In August
Another shoe stamp will become
valid August 1 after a lapse of nine
months. In the meantime, airplane
stamps 1,2, and 3 will continue valid
indefinitely.
OPA said its announcement now of
the valldaaion date for another
stamp was made to enable consumers
to budget their remaining stamps
and to permit the shoe trade to make
merchandising plans.
This is the first time since ration
ing began ahat a shoe stamp has not
been validated each six months. The
two-pairs-a-year basis was abandon
ed because of heavy military de
mands and sharp inroads on retail
stocks.
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Pastor Reports
Benevolences
Contributed
Rev. J. R. Bicking, pastor of Janes
Methodist Church, Rising Sun, in his
repont to the Conference, showed the
following amounts as being contri
buted by Rising Sun charge for in
terests outside the local church:
. District Superintendent, $132;
Bishop, $39; Conference Claimants,
$3?4; World Service and Benevo
lences, $610; Overseas Relief, $300;
Student Day Fund, S2O; Rally Day,
S3O; Youth Fund, $22; Methodist
Hospital, Phlla., $26; General Ad
ministration, $11; Strawb rid g e
Home, $66; Anti-Saloon League,
S9B; Woman's Soiiety of Chirecian
Service, $197 sent for miscellaenous
projects; $125 Red Cross, $25 Silver
Cross Home and sll District Parson
age, total of $258 by 'the W. S. C. S.
Crusade for Christ, $2,055, mak
ing a grand total of $4,040 contribu
ted by the charge. Of this amount
$328 was contributed by the Row
landville church.
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New Trial Denied
In Transport Case
Judges J. Owen Knotts and Albert
Constable have denied a new trial in
the Charles and Edmund Crothers vs.
Wallace Williams, president of 'the
Ross Transportation Company.
The trial wu3 held in March and a
dbttkion was reached in favor of the
Crothers Brothers and at the review
of the case the Court did not find any
new evidence supporting a new trial.
The suit grew out of 'the fact that
Williams issued 365 shares of Transt
portation stock to members of his
own family and to William B. Ross
without giving other stockholders an
opportunity to buy the shares.
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Divorce Suits Filed
A suit for divorce has been docket
ed in the Circuit Court at Eltoton,
by Mrs. Lydia C. White on the
grounds of voluntary separation from
her husband, Walker White, with
whom she resided only two weeks af
ter marriage October 26,1939.
Suit has been dockened by Harry
L. Bryson against his wife, Mrs.
Mary L. Bryson. He alleges that they
were married on August 7, 1902, and
resided together in Maryland, until
1933, since which time they have
voluntarily lived separate and apart.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hanna, who
spent the winter in Orlando, Florida,
returned 1 this week to their home,
“The Hickories,’’ at West Notting
ham. They spent 'two weeks with rel
atives at China Grove, N. C., on their
way north.
Miss Caroline Bird and friend,
Ethel Shupinsky, SKD 2|c, of the U.
S. Naval Hospital, Bainbridge, Md.,
spent Mother’s Day with Mr. and
Mrs. Harry E. Weir and family.
Rev. J. R. Bicking is attending
this week the sessions of the Penin
sula Conference of the Methodist
Church, held in St. Paul’s church,
Wilmington, Del.
Mr. and Mrs. Norborne Hite and
son, Merchantville, N. J., Miss Iva
Hite, Wilmington, Del., Mr. and Mrs.
John Frasen were Sunday guests of
Mrs. T. N. Htte.
Circle No. 1, W. S. C. S., Mrs.
Mary Jenkins, leader, will meet
Thursday evening at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Phleet Cooper.
Miss Ann Roberson, Washington,
D. C., was the week-end guest of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Rober
son.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Buck enter
tained at a family dinner Sunday.
Master Glenn E. Meeks, Jr., is a
sufferer from whooping cough.
Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Dodson and
family are occupying their new home
after extensive improvements.
NON-HIGHWAY
GASOLINE
PURCHASES
1 After May 1, almost all Maryland
> “E” and ”R” coupon holders will
1 have to keep records of non-liighway
purchases of gasoline, the OPA has
announced. This change is in accord
' ance with a nation-wide ruling, bas
-1 ed on a plan tested in Lancaster
1 county, Pa. The Lancaster Plan pro
! vides that delivery records shall be
issued to each consumer. The “E”
and “R” coupons eacl: consumer re
ceives will be noted on the form by
'the local War Price and Rationing
Board. Each purchase the consumer
pays for with “E" and “R” coupons
will be entered in the record by the
supplier. If a surplus is outstanding
at the end of a ration period, it will
be deducted from the allocation for
the next period. This plan, which in
Lancaster Couwy is reported to have
reduced issuance of farm and other
non-highway gasoline rations by 28
per cent, applies to all holders of ”E”
and “R” coupons using ten or more
gallons a month.
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Kennedy-Smith
Miss Yvonne E. Kennedy, Seaman
2|c, beccaine the bride of Maj. Fran
cis A. Smith, USAAF, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John M. Smith, on Tuesday ev
ening, May 1, at eight o’clock in St.
Mary’s Episcopal church, North East.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Dr. J. W. Albinson, rector,
and the wedding march was played
by Miss Ruth Mamin, of Gettysburg,
Pa. A reception at the Madison
House followed the ceremony.
The bride was gowned in white
satin with beaded sweetheart neck
line, woje a linger tip veil and car
ried a colonial bouquet of gardenias,
white sweetpeas and lilies of 'the val
ley. She was given in marriage by
the groom’s uncle, Edgar W. Thomp
son. Mrs. George Jester Cummins, of
Elkton, was the bride’s only atten
dant. The best man was the groom’s
father, and the ushers were Joseph
R. Grant and Charles R. Gibson.
The bride aittended Baylor Univer
sity, and graduated from the Uni
versity of Texas, in August, 1944,
where she was a member of Alpha
Delta Pi Sorority and was a Blue
Bonnet Belle in 1942. She enlisted in
the WAVES in September, 1944, and
is connected with the Naval Air Saa
tion at' Patuxent River, Md.
Major Smith attended Pennsylvan
ia Military College, and University
ot Maryland, and was a member of
Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity. He gra
duated from the Army Air Forces
Air School, March 15, 1941. October
26, 1942, Maj. Smith- went to Hick
am Field, Hawaii, in command of
nine B-24 bombers and Christmas
Eve, 1942, took part in a raid on
Wake Island, for which he was
awarded the distinguished flying
cross. He has been in three cam
paigns and also wears the air medal.
He is now stationed at Peterson
Field, Colorado Springs.
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Pipes-Jones
The marriage of Miss Doris Pipes,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Pipes of Oklahoma, to S|Sgt. Harold
C. Jones, A. A. F., son of Mr. and
Mrs. John T. Jones, Elkiton, took
place April 11, at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Hunt, Baton Rouge,
La., with Dr. T. Christian officiating.
Miss Marjorie Hunt was maid of
honor and Mr. Hunt gave the bride
in marriage. Mr. W. H. Alexander
was best man.
The bride is a graduate of Louisi
ana State University, and is employ
ed by the SUandard Oil Company.
Sgt. Jones attended Elkton High
School and entered the Air Force in
August, 1941. He is now stationed
at Big Springs, Texas, after serving
a year overseas with the Eighth Air
Force in England as a ball turret
gunner on a Fortress. He participat
ed in twenty-two missions over Ger
many and was shot down after bomb
ing Stettin, landing in Sweden, where
he was interned for seven months.
He has received four citations and
has 'the Air Medal with three Oak
Leaf Clusters.
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Calahan-Tome
Miss Ruth Emilie Calahan, daugh
! ter of Mrs. Rose Calahan, Scarboro,
W. Va., was united in marriage to
TjSgt. Vernon W. Tome, eldest son
of Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Tome, Ris
, ing Sun, in 'the presence of close
friends and relatives, on Saturday,
May 5, 8:30 p. m., at West Notting
ham Presbyterian Manse, by Dr. S. J-.
, Venable.
The groom will leave shortly for
■ overseas duty and the bride will re
main at her war work until his re
turn.
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The Presbyterian Missionary So
ciety will hold a covered dish lunch-
L eon Thursday in the chapel at 12
o’clock, followed by the regular meet
ing. Mrs. John Liddell, leader of de
-1 votions; “Artisans of Peace and
* Work,” Miss Anna Garvin; “West
ladies,” Mrs. Clarence Gifford.
Perryville
Minstrels
Coming
Will App ear In Rising
Sun High School
On May 23rd
The presentation of “Dixie Days”
at Perryville, by local talent, on
May 3, drew a crowd of approximate
ly 750 people, with a large number
turned away as the high school audi
torium would not accommodate
them. The show was sponsored by
the Alumni Association of ithe school,
and was so well received that a re
peat performance will be given in the
auditorium of Rising Sun High
School on Wednesday evening of next
week, May 23, under auspices of the
Rising Sun Sportsmen's Club. Tickets
are on sale, and can be secured from
members of the club.
The Havre de Grace Republican in
commenting on the show at Perry
ville says:
The audience was kept in an up
roar with the witty stories, jokes and
capers of Endi Men Hornberger,
Little, Boyd and Rutter, aided by
Mr. Roscoe Ryan as interlocutor.
Some of the outstanding features
of the show were the solos by Messrs.
Dougla?, Hankin, Hornberger and
Rutter, and Mrs. Jennie Alexander,
as well as specialty numbers by Miss
Prances Mann.
The Gay Nineties Quartet and the
instrumental trio of Bob, Larry and
George, also scored well as did the
female section of the cast.
Financially, it was a very success
ful venture, netting the Alumni As
sociation about S4OO.
Several nearby communities have
requested the show be presented in
their locality.
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Services At
Methodist Church
Rev. J. R. Bicking preached Sun
day morning from ithe text, “As one
whom his mother comforteth so will
X comfort you.” Miss Isabelle McCay
sang “Mother Maciiree.” The Junior
choir sang “Faith of Our Fathers.”
At the evening service the Woman’s
Bible Class had charge of the pro
gram, Mrs. J. C. McCoy presiding and
leading in prayer. Miss Elizabeth
Stephens read the scripture lesson,
St. John 19: 25-42 verses. Solo, Miss
Isabelle McCoy, "Little Mother of
Mine.” The Senior choir sang “Mem
ories of Mother.” Mrs. Clara Biles
read “The Prayer My Mother Taught
Me.” Mrs. McCoy introduced Chap
lain Makin, who spoke on “The Faith
of Christian Mothers,” 2 Timothy
1:1-5.
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Perryville Resident
Ends Life
Allen William Clarke, 27, former
guard on the State bridge at Perry
ville, and a naitive of Chester, Md.,
committed suicide shortly after mid
night Tuesday, May 8, by shooting
himself through the right temple
with a .32 cal. revolver.
The tragedy occurred in the pres
ence of his wife, Mrs. Nellie Clarke,
in their trailer a't Perryville. Clarke,
according to testimony of his wife,
had been drinking heavily during the
day and night. Injuries suffered in
an automobile accident a year ago
had affected his mind, his wife testi
fied.
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Chaplain To
Occupy Pulpit
Chaplain Leonard T. Boyd of Bain
bridge, will occupy the pulpit of
Janes Methodist Church, Rising Sun,
on Sunday morning, May 20, at 11
o’clock, in the absence of the pastor,
Rev. J. R. Bicking, who is attending
Conference.
In the evening, at 7:30 o’clock, the
MYF will be in charge.
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Town Election At
Chesapeake City
At the municipal election in Ches
apeake City on May 9, Urie Conner
was re-elected president of the Board
of Commissioners and William K.
Borger and Charles P. Tatman, mem
bers.
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Drunken Drivers Fined
Found guiltyof drunken driving
Magistrate Weinroth, of Elkton, fin
ed Robert H. Wilson, $100.75. He
was also fined $10.75 for driving
without a license and $25.45 for
reckless driving.
Orville W. Racker, Route 1, Elk
- ton, was also found guilty of driving
i under the influence of liquor and
■ j was fined $100.75. For reckless driv
-1 ing Racker received a flue of $11.45,
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